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Questions Related to history

In which country did the Wright Brothers the first controlled, sustained and powered flight?

  1. Britain

  2. America

  3. France

  4. Canada


Correct Option: B

How was mercantile trade in Britain protected?

  1. Through taxes

  2. By the Army

  3. By the Navy

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

_______ is a trading system designed to protect British industry and control trade. 

  1. Protectionism

  2. Capitalism

  3. Liberalism

  4. Mercantilism


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following events resulted in the US becoming the most powerful country in the world?

  1. The American Declaration of Independence of 1776

  2. The surrender of the British Forces in 1781

  3. Both A and B

  4. Only A


Correct Option: C

Who was mainly responsible for building new trading links for the British Empire?

  1. Merchants

  2. Religious Institutions

  3. The Government

  4. The Navy


Correct Option: A

Emergence of laissez-faire trade system can be traced to the writings of _____________. 

  1. Alfred Marshall

  2. David Ricardo

  3. Paul Samuelson

  4. Adam Smith


Correct Option: D

The book 'The Wealth of Nations' promoted the concept of _________.

  1. Free Trade

  2. Protectionism

  3. Mercantilism

  4. Socialism


Correct Option: A

British governments started pursuing a laissez-faire approach towards trade in the ______.

  1. 1830s

  2. 1820s

  3. 1840s

  4. 1810s


Correct Option: B

Support for mercantilism almost disappeared around the _________.

  1. mid-1870s

  2. mid-1880s

  3. mid-1850s

  4. early 1900s


Correct Option: C

Britain became a leading trading nation in the ________. 

  1. 19th century

  2. 20th century

  3. 18th century

  4. 16th century


Correct Option: A